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sensibility vs sensitiveness

sensitiveness vs sensibility

sensibility and sensitiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sensibility Yes No No No
sensitiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, sensibility and sensitiveness are synonyms defined as:
  • sensibility and sensitiveness: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Other synonyms of sensibility include sensitivity.
As nouns, sensitiveness is a hypernym of sensibility; that is, sensitiveness is a word with a broader meaning than sensibility:
  • sensibility: refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
  • sensitiveness: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Other hypernyms of sensibility include sensitivity.
sensibility (noun) sensitiveness (noun)
mental responsiveness and awareness the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Difference between sensibility and sensitiveness

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